WATCH: SWV Is Ready To Bring The House Down At The 2024 Essence Festival Of Culture

The trio talks their girl group legacy, and their favorite songs to perform onstage

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00:00Hey, Essence family, it's your favorite entertainment editor here, Shelby Stewart, and I'm here

00:08with the lovely, the timeless, and perhaps the greatest R&B girl group of all time, SWE.

00:14That's so sweet, thank you.

00:18So you ladies have performed at Essence Festival a few times, and as we prepare to celebrate

00:23our 30th anniversary, when you all think back to one of your earliest performances at festival,

00:29what do you guys remember?

00:30Being so nervous.

00:31Oh yeah.

00:32Thinking no one was going to show up to our room.

00:35And it was packed.

00:36Yes.

00:37I think it's just us doing it for the first time, because we've always wanted to perform

00:43at Essence.

00:44So when we finally got an opportunity to, it was major.

00:48We felt like we were on the main stage the first time.

00:59Absolutely.

01:00If all three of you individually could rank your favorite songs to sing within your discography,

01:12what would they be?

01:13Oh, I have so many, but honestly, my favorite song has been The Best Years.

01:21We did that song on our, was it the first album that we did?

01:25I Missed Us?

01:27Whichever album it was on, it was on one of the last two.

01:30I think it was the I Missed Us album.

01:32So I love anything, and I love now that we do this song, It's About Time.

01:39Yeah, I like This Is Coco, I like We, and I do like, I have three.

01:44Fine Time and You Are My Love is one of my favorites.

01:48What do you guys look forward to most when it comes to Essence Festival?

01:51I'm looking forward to seeing all the beautiful brown people.